Discuss the impact of ICT on the way we socialise and interact with each other.
Ines Chan
Discuss the impact of ICT on the way we socialise and interact with each other.
There have been a lot of changes on the way how we socialise and interact with each other with ICT. ICT has made our life more comfortable and convenient to meet friends.
When the technology wasn’t well developed in the old days, people had to visit their friends’ house to socialise and interact with each other which usually took a lot of time for travelling and transportation. Even though some of them may have mobile phone with them, a simple phone wouldn’t satisfy the how they want to see their friends, just by giving a call and hear their voice. People usually want to physically see their friends as well.
However, by the time technology has been improving, people wanted more and more high technology devices to achieve better life quality. Some hardware devices such as touch screen smart phones and computers are now one of the most reliable communication tools. With the use of computers, there are many social communication application software available for people to install on their computers, so that we can keep in touch with friends who live in remote countries. There is also social network on the internet available to people from all over the world to check what our friends are up to. Regards to touch screen smart phones, there are some major applications online for users to keep in touch with friends in different ways. Both of these methods allow people from as simple as text chatting, to as advance as video calling. And one cannot be not mentioned is, voice calling through applications is almost available to every platform. From the applications mentioned above, we can see it has been a big change on how to social with each other and how it has made the connection between each individual closer through technology.